April 2011 Blog Posts (38)

I was always of the strong view that Indian politics would never have been in this state of affairs if Mahatma Gandhi would have been alive today. We would have been the real example of democracy for new nations getting into democracy. For some time after we won independence, say for about two decades, we did have politicians of pristine qualities like Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kamaraj, C. Subramaniam, who had followed Gandhian principles in politics. Today there is so much of…

"I must not contemplate darkness before it stares me in the face. And in no case can I be party, irrespective of non-violence, to a universal strike and capture of power. Though, therefore, I do not know what I should do in the case of a breakdown, I know that the actuality will find me ready with an alternative. My sole reliance being on the living Power which we call God, He will put the alternative in my hands when the time has come, not a minute sooner." - 'Independence,' Harijan,… Continue

Is Anna Hazare the 2nd Gandhi as portrayed by by many? No, of course not. He can't be compared with the great Mahatma Gandhi. He himself is not clear of his objective.And it shame to hear his parsing Modi and saying that the Communal violence( for whom Modi is responsible) is not the matter bothering him. Is this the Gandhi's ideals. Hazareji has never shown the courage to speak the naked truth about corruption.

Gandhi-in-Action Europe, has been thinking to organise a small group of Non-violent volunteers to go to Libia where helpless people have been suffering by unwanted war. Our Europian Coordinator, Dr. R.Gramegna has been working on the stratigy as to how violence could be averted and peace is mentained. Thousands of innocent people have been suffering and no solution is visible. You can not sit idel when the house is on fire. This helplessness is awaful. We have to think and do something. All… Continue

The imposing ramparts of Shaniwar Wada witnessed an electrifying moment in its history as more than 15,000 Puneites came out in support of Anna on Friday evening. The candle light march which was more than two kilometers long, begun from Bal Gandharva culminated at Shaniwar Wada. With candlelights in their hands and cries of people’s triumph on their lips, the young and the old, the feeble and the differently challenged all… Continue

Many in my country who voted for Barack Obama have been disappointed. I am not one of those. I voted for Obama and he is exactly what I expected, a politician. I hoped he would be something different, but I did not expect it, and so I am not… Continue

Congress spokesman Manish Tewari suddenly labelling the "immensely respected" Anna Hazare as a "maverick" & "RSS agent" is definitely a sign of cold feet. Even in the 1970s, it was this party's (Indira Gandhi's) knee-jerk Emergency rule that revived the dying RSS, jailing activists and making heroes out of spent leaders like Advani & Vajpeyi.

As in Tahrir square, a corrupt régime's secret hope (or strategy) would be that participants would commit violence (as…

On march 26 I have sent an email to Arya Bushan Bhardwaj , the Founder of Gandhi In Action International….

Dear Arya, I have been following the evolution of the situation in Libia and felt compelled to think of something that could be done as Gandhi In Action in Europe... Shall we protest? and organize some sort of "stop the war" manifestation? Are there groups and NGOs moving in that direction we can join and support?... After some search on the web, I…

"We forget the principle of non-violence, which is the essence of all religions. The doctrine of arms stands for irreligion." -'Satyagraha - Not Passive Resistance' (H.), Ramchandra Varma, Mahatma Gandhi, about 2 September 1917 (from The Essential Writings of Mahatma Gandhi edited by Raghavan Iyer)

I am no saint. I grew up playing Cowboys and Indians (the Native American kind) with plastic guns. I owned plastic armies of men and tanks. I have played video… Continue

Dear All !,
Namaskar.
I edited a book on Hind Swaraj: Shatabdi Vimarsh, New Delhi published by Vani Prakashan. One book in English "Hind Swaraj: A Charter for Human Development from within" published by Academic Excellence, New Delhi and I wrote a book "Hind Swaraj: Ahimsak Kranti Ka Dastavez" published by Samkaleen Prakashan, New Delhi.
I think it is most important book who believe in Gandhi and Gandhian Values.
Yours
Dr.Kanhiaya Tripathi
Mahatma Gandhi… Continue

"Its use (Passive Resistance*), therefore, is, I think, indisputable, and it is a force which, if it became universal, would revolutionize social ideals and do away with despotisms and the ever-growing militarism under which the nations of the West are groaning and are being almost crushed to death, and which fairly promises to overwhelm even the nations of the East." -'Theory and Practice of Passive Resistance,' Indian Opinion, Golden Number, 1 Dec. 1914 (from The Essential… Continue